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Poetry Vocabulary - Open Note Quiz

Quiz by Chelsey Abercrombie

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  • Q1
    The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together.
    Assonance
    Dissonance
    Alliteration
    Cinquain
    300s
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  • Q2
    The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together.
    Onomatopoeia
    Assonance
    Connotation
    Dissonance
    300s
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  • Q3
    A song or song-like poem that tells a story.
    Quatrain
    Stanza
    Ode
    Ballad
    300s
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  • Q4
    A five-line poem in which each line follows a rule.
    Ode
    Stanza
    Cinquain
    Quatrain
    300s
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  • Q5
    Rhymes at the end of lines.
    Stanza
    End rhyme
    Last rhyme
    Busta Rhyme
    300s
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  • Q6
    A long narrative poem that is written in heightened language and tells stories of the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a society.
    Epic fail
    Ode
    Lyric poem
    Epic poem
    300s
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  • Q7
    An expressive use of language. Examples include simile or metaphor.
    Creative language
    Figurative Language
    Ballad
    Lyric poem
    300s
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  • Q8
    The structure and organization of a poem.
    Form
    Meter
    ABAB rhyme
    Function
    300s
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  • Q9
    Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme. These poems may use internal rhyme, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia.
    Lyric poem
    Iambic Penameter
    Free verse
    Free Bird
    300s
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  • Q10
    Originating in Japan, a three-line poem which contains seventeen syllables.
    Haiku
    Cinquain
    Naruto
    Quatrain
    300s
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  • Q11
    Language that appeals to the senses.
    Imagery
    Ballad
    Stanza
    Epic poem
    300s
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  • Q12
    Rhymes within lines.
    Internal rhyme
    Side rhyme
    External rhyme
    End rhyme
    300s
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  • Q13
    A very short humorous or nonsensical poem with five lines.
    Iambic Pentameter
    Haiku
    Limerick
    Quatrain
    300s
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  • Q14
    A series of words written, printed, or recited as one of the component’s units of a larger piece of writing, such as a poem.
    Line
    Enjambment
    Paragraph
    Meter
    300s
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  • Q15
    Poetry that expresses the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story. These poems are usually short and imply, as opposed to stating, a strong emotion or idea.
    Stanza
    Lyric poem
    Epic poem
    Ode
    300s
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  • Q16
    An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing.
    Assonance
    Denotation
    Anaphora
    Metaphor
    300s
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  • Q17
    A poem that tells a story
    Lyric poem
    Dissonance
    Ballad
    Narrative poem
    300s
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  • Q18
    A lyric poem, rhymed or unrhymed, on a serious subject. These are typically addressed to one person/thing.
    Cognition
    Ode
    Ballad
    Stanza
    300s
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  • Q19
    Using words whose sounds suggest their meaning.
    Onomatopoeia
    300s
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  • Q20
    A poem or stanza of four lines.
    Quatrain
    300s
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